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LOT 1733
Large Stone Age Flint Axe Head from Spiennes
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
8 in. (645 grams, 20.5 cm).
Lozengiform in section with rounded butt and broad cutting edge; marked 'SP V' for findspot 'Spiennes'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the world renowned and now world heritage flint factory site of Spiennes, Belgium.
From an old Paris collection.
Acquired on the European art market.
From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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